Communities in dispute
Subtitle: current scholarship on the Johannine epistles
By: edited by R. Alan Culpepper and Paul N. Anderson
Series: Society of Biblical literature. Early Christianity and its literature -- number 13; Early Christianity and its literature -- no. 13.
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781628370171; 9781628370157; 9781628370164
Subjects: Analys och tolkning; Bible; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Johannesbrief; Bibeln
Description: This collection of essays on the Johannine Epistles draws together the best work of an international constellation of Johannine experts making new inroads into the situation, composition, and theological content of 1,2, and 3 John. The essays not only address communities in dispute in the early church, but they also further modern discussions among contemporary scholars as to how to understand and interpret these writings today. The volume includes fresh contributions on the relationship between the Gospel and Letters of John, Johannine ethics, the concept of the antichrist, the role of the elder, and a more accurate translation of a well-known verse in 1 John. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 880-01; title: Setting the stage : the context for the conversation  -- R. Alan Culpepper; title: Raymond Brown's view of the crisis of 1 John : in the light of some peculiar features of the Johannine Gospel  -- Urban C. von Wahlde; title: The community that Raymond Brown left behind : reflections on the Johannine dialectical situation  -- Paul N. Anderson; title: The relationship between the Gospel of John and 1 John  -- R. Alan Culpepper; title: The audience of the Johannine Epistles  -- Judith M. Lieu; title: The missional role of [ho Presbyteros]  -- Peter Rhea Jones; title: The cosmic trial motif in John's letters  -- Andreas J. Köstenberger; title: Spirit-inspired theology and ecclesial correction : charting one shift in the development of Johannine ecclesiology and pneumatology  -- Gary M. Burge; title: The Antichrist theme in the Johannine Epistles and its role in Christian tradition  -- Craig R. Koester; title: On ethics in 1 John  -- Jan G. van der Watt; title: The significance of 2:15-17 for understanding the ethics of 1 John  -- William R.G. Loader; title: Completed love : 1 John 4:11-18 and the mission of the New Testament church  -- David Rensberger; title: Moving the conversation forward : open questions and new directions -- Paul N. Anderson.